diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 12d6560e9..6faee61be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         </oozie.test.default.config.file>
         <oozie.test.config.file>${oozie.test.default.config.file}</oozie.test.config.file>
 
-        <hadoop.version>2.6.0</hadoop.version>
+        <hadoop.version>2.7.0</hadoop.version>
         <hadoop.majorversion>2</hadoop.majorversion>
         <hadooplib.version>hadoop-${hadoop.majorversion}-${project.version}</hadooplib.version>
         <hbase.version>1.2.3</hbase.version>